Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes (1559) explained

Conflict:Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes (1559)
Date:January–February 1559
Place:Kalâa of Ait Abbas, Bejaia Algeria
Territory:No change
Result:Peace with the Regency of Algiers
• Maintaining the Kingdom of the Beni Abbes
• withdrawal of the regency of Algiers Army
Combatant1:Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Supported by: Spanish empire
Combatant2: Regency of Algiers
Kuku (Ally)
Commander1:Abdelaziz Labbes
Ahmed Amokrane
Commander2: Hasan Bacha
Sultan Ben El Kadi
Strength1:Kingdom of Ait Abbas :
4000 infantry
5000 cavaliers
Spanish reinforcements : 1000 man
Strength2:Regency of Algiers :
3000 arquebusiers
2000 Janissaries
500 spahis
6 000 Arab cavaliers
Kingdom of Kuku :
1500 infantry
300 cavaliers
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:Unknown, but high

The Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes took place in October 1559. It opposed the regency of Algiers and its ally of circumstance the Kingdom of Kuku to the Kingdom of Ait Abbas.

Hassan Pasha ordered an expedition against the capital of the kingdom, the Kalâa of Ait Abbas, to take revenge on the expedition of Sultan Abdelaziz of Kalaa, which had destroyed the forts of Medjana and Bordj Bou Arreridj, in order to annihilate his influence. On the second day of the fighting, Sultan Abdelaziz was killed. His brother Sultan Ahmed Amokrane succeeded him, and his soldiers maintained their position.After eight days, Hassan Pasha, seeing that his position had not evolved, and his army was experiencing losses every day, as well as difficulties related to the terrain, had to retreat.[1] [2] Nevertheless, the Turks returned to Algiers with the head of the sultan Abdelaziz as a trophy

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Notes and References

  1. a et b Adrien Berruger, Les époques militaires de la grande Kabylie, 1857, p. 98
  2. Hugh Roberts, Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-Colonial Algeria, 2014, p. 192